Knife and fork holder



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J. R. JOHNSTON. Knife and Pork Holder.

Patented June 22,1880. I

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JAMES. R. JOHNSTON, OF SOMEBSWORTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

KNIFE AND FORK HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,998, dated June 22,1880.

Application filed April 26, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES R. JOHNSTON, ofSomersworth, county of Strafford, State of New Hampshire, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Knife and Fork Holders; and Ihereby declare the following to be a description sufficiently full,clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science towhich my invention appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification,in which the figure is an isometrical perspective view, showing theholder in use.

My invention relates to that class of knife and fork holders which aredesigned for table use; and it consists in a novelconstruction andarrangement of the parts, as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, bywhich a simpler, cheaper, and more'effective device of this character isproduced than is now in ordinary use.

In the drawing, A represents the base or foot of the holder, B the bodyor standard, and G the top or handle, which is connected to the standardby a screw (not shown) a1- rangedverticallyin the top of the same.Disposed between the standard and handle there is ahorizontally-arranged plate or disk, D, provided with T-shaped slots Ein its periphery for receiving and holding the forks a a, as shown.There are also series of narrow elongated slots, Gr, arranged radiallyaround the top 0 for receiving and holding the knives d d, the lastnamed slots being dis- (No model.)

posed opposite the blanks or spaces between the slots E and midwaybetween the outer edge of the disk and its center in such a manner thatwhen the knives are in position, as shown, they will not interfere withthe forks, and vice versa.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is The improved knifeand fork holder herein described, the same consisting of the base A,body 13, top 0, and disk D, the said disk be ing provided at or near itsperiphery witha series of T-shaped slots, and being also provided,between its center and its periphery, with aseries of radiallydisposedstraight slots, each of the said T-slots being open at its stern andshort at its top, whereby itis adapted to receive the fork by the shankand support the same by the edges of the handle at the ends of the mainportion of the said T-slots, and each of said straight slots beingelongated and narrow, whereby it is adapted to receive the knife by itsblade and support the same by the sides of the handle at the sides ofthe said straight slot, the said straight slots being arranged oppositethe spaces between the T- slots, whereby the knives and forks will beout of contact with each other, all constructed, arranged, and operatingsubstantially as described.

IRA B. SHALLIEs, CHARLES G. TAYLOR.

